Agape

Before the Neolithic age, there was a time when men and women were relatively equal in power and capabilities. Archeologist have clues that allow them to believe the men and women had no power archy. As times changed and men and women could control more of what they were capable to do, there was huge shift between men and women during the Agricultural Revolution. With there being so many different European civilizations, there were many ways this shift affected men and women and their subsequent…

Christianity. Baptism is a significant change that is evident after baptism. The baptism is done in the testimony of others to express the individual’s passion to join the life of Christ. Access to other sacraments is gained through baptism. Agape love is evident in the individual’s life. It cleanses the individual from original sin. Baptism is the start of a life of faith and is guided by the holy spirit. The individual is reborn as the son or daughter of…

(SS) When August reunited her family and community they improved their selves through the love of the Black Madonna, the love of Agaṕe and Philia. (SS) They feel love because in Agaṕe they perceive the Black Madonna’s love through worshipping her; while in Philia, they sense the love for each other by being loyal to each other. (SS) The Boatwright’s enhanced their life by being able to relate to the Black…

had nightmares last weekend about this devotion, thinking that I would walk into the staff room and have to do devotions unprepared…that is actually a frequent bad dream of mine. But really do teachers ever have nothing to say…..don’t worry I prepared for this one. The week before last at bible study we did a study called purpose over popularity in a series called I choose and when we had finished I thought that is it, that is what I am going to do for devotions, I will play this sermon and it…

The question of what makes a good marriage is not one that Jane Austen explores in Pride and Prejudice. Certainly, there are numerous references to finding happiness in matrimony but whether or not a good marriage is necessarily a happy marriage is a notion that can be debated. Married couples and their preceding experiences of courtship are described throughout the book and Austen’s depiction of each reveals a number of aspects and considerations in determining exactly what is and what is not…

church for their 50th anniversary. This proves to me that even over time, marriage is still celebrated within two people. Himes says that, “If grace is God’s love outside the Trinity, then the evidence of grace is the capacity to give oneself away in agape love.…

Vaccines have been around for more than two hundred years. Humanity’s journey to rid itself of terrible diseases and death that have plagued it regularly began with Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccine in 1796 with the use of cowpox antigens. From there, vaccines crawled toward progress until Louis Pasteur’s breakthrough with the introduction of the rabies vaccine in 1885. After this point in history, vaccines made rapid leaps of progress that led to the development of a wide range of vaccines…

by “breaking bread” that was the ultimate in worship. They considered that the most important part. In these early days those who had not been baptized were not allowed communion. Services would be held and before the part of the service called the Agape and Eucharist took place the catechumens were asked to leave. Catechumens were those preparing to be baptized which took years learn all they needed to know. They were made to learn all that Jews knew before they were baptized. Not just a…

With agape, Jesus expects people to forgive others, as God forgives them. The ability to forgive, comes from love and compassion. Therefore, love is the root of all things in the eyes of God. Even when love has a price tag, it should not end, but extended toward…

the teachings are heavily influenced by Christ’s commandment to love as God loves. The ethical principles which consist of the 10 commandments and the beatitudes provide towards the adherents the opportunity to provide an agape love that reflects that of Christ himself. This agape love demonstrates and paves the path for Christian adherents to model. In relation to the issues of abortion, euthanasia and stem cells, Christian adherents are often challenged to do “what is good” as within each of…